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  • Member since
    December 2009
  • From: Healdsburg, Ca.
Iwo Jima diorama
Posted by HMAN on Sunday, December 4, 2011 8:38 PM

I just finished this project and thought I would post some pics.

Its 1/35th. The Shermans and Marines are from Dragon. 

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  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Sunday, December 4, 2011 8:46 PM

Very nice work HmanYes Everything spaced out properly for a realistic portrayal. All I an ask is for you to post more pics from different angles.

 

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  • From: Healdsburg, Ca.
Posted by HMAN on Sunday, December 4, 2011 10:07 PM

thanks......I do have a few more pics.

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  • From: Amarillo, TX.
Posted by captfue on Sunday, December 4, 2011 10:21 PM

Fantastic work more pictures

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  • From: Healdsburg, Ca.
Posted by HMAN on Sunday, December 4, 2011 10:29 PM
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Posted by gonavycv64 on Monday, December 5, 2011 11:57 AM

Nice job Yes

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Posted by 101stAirborne on Monday, December 5, 2011 7:13 PM

I love it, great work!

Models on the bench:

Too many to count!

  

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Posted by Irish3335 on Monday, December 5, 2011 7:51 PM

Fantastic pictures, if they were in black and white, they could be mistaken for the real thing.  Really nice work

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Posted by senojrn on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 12:19 PM

WOW!! GREAT JOB!  Really like the cave scene with the waiting Japanese soldiers!

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  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Thursday, December 8, 2011 9:47 AM

Yeap, super nice job there, I have to agree the close-up photos do look like real war camera footage. Yes

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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    April 2009
  • From: Carmel, IN
Posted by deafpanzer on Friday, December 9, 2011 11:38 AM

Nice work!!!! Yes  Great looking base.  Guys are starting Marines in Pacific Group Build in case you are interested. 

Andy

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  • From: Healdsburg, Ca.
Posted by HMAN on Friday, December 9, 2011 9:40 PM

thanks guys..........I already bought a couple kits and things for my next project, so my plate is too full right now to commit to helping a group build.

Funny thing is that this dio took me over a year to complete, working on it off and on. At times it did feel like work, so it would just sit for awhile. I thought when it was finally done it would be some time before I started something else. Only two weeks passed before I bought some figures and a 7.5 cm PAK 97/38 gun for a winter eastern front diorama. I pretty excited about it too, this is my first winter project.

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  • From: West Virginia, USA
Posted by mfsob on Monday, December 12, 2011 12:00 PM

Big, but - lots of attention to detail and little things to catch your eyes, which is what a good dio should have. Very nice work.

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  • From: Healdsburg, Ca.
Posted by HMAN on Monday, December 12, 2011 7:59 PM

the other day I figured out how to put the image itself in the post, and not just a link........computor whizz I am NOT..........so a couple more pics.

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Posted by BaBill212 on Monday, December 12, 2011 8:06 PM

Nicely done HMAN

Enjoy the ride!

 

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  • From: Healdsburg, Ca.
Posted by HMAN on Monday, December 12, 2011 8:07 PM

a couple more.....

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  • From: Austin, TX
Posted by SuperNova-SS on Monday, December 12, 2011 8:40 PM

Nice. Yes

When I first saw this, the first thing I wondered was, "Just how big is this thing??"

I play World of Tanks! (Yeah, I'm a dork)If anybody has one of those kits with the WoT coupons inside, I'll be happy to take them off of your hands!   :-)

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  • From: San Francisco, CA
Posted by telsono on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 11:46 AM

I really like it, great job!

Mike T.

Beware the hobby that eats.  - Ben Franklin

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out. - Ben Franklin

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Posted by the doog on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 4:12 PM

I think that the overall look of destruction and desolation has been carried out in an excellent manner!

Very cool, atmospheric dio!

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  • From: Bournemouth UK
Posted by Bodge on Friday, December 23, 2011 4:59 AM

Great dio and especially like the photos combined with real landscape ,well done mateYes

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  • From: Healdsburg, Ca.
Posted by HMAN on Saturday, December 24, 2011 12:05 AM

Thanks again for all the kind words everybody...............don't hold back any critisim, I'm always looking to improve. I did get impatient towards the end of this project and rushed some of the landcsape just to finish it, especially the grass.

I am pleasantly surprised about all the positive comments about the photos. I really didn't plan it out, I just placed the dio on the railing off my back deck which overlooks the riverbank.  At first i just tried to keep the railing of the deck and the neighbors house out of the pictures. After a few shots I then thought about the background........I also thought they wouldn't look good because I got out there late and missed the direct sunlight on the dio. I used an ancient 5 mega pixal camera.

Kevin

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